TITLE:
Sustainable Ecotourism Established on Local Communities and Its Assessment System in Costa Rica
AUTHORS:
Jing Li
KEYWORDS:
Biodiversity; Ecotourism; Sustainability, Pollution
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Environmental Protection,
Vol.4 No.1,
January
25,
2013
ABSTRACT:
This
dissertation chiefly examines the difficulties and principles of establishing
sustainable ecotourism based on local communities. Furthermore, mainly address
management techniques of sustainability in Costa Rica, a country with a
growing reputation as an ecotourist destination; meanwhile, throw light upon
that effective management and setting up Green Certification Program could
improve efficiency. It have been noted that the importance of
establishing ecotourism in promoting sustainable maintenances, cultural
preservation, and biodiversity conservation within indigenous communities.
However, widely
management methods to identify the potential and gauge the progress of ecotourism
sites have yet to emerge, which is due to there have been few practical
assessments of the status of ecotourism at specific locations. In addition, putting ecotourism
theory into practice would be much more complicated than originally thought. As
far as I am concerned, practical principles combining the most integrated
approach would considerably bring mutual benefits between ecotourism and local
communities, as appropriate management could help to achieve a balance between
conservation and development. With regard to the overall research approach, a
case study in Costa Rica will gain prominence in the establishment of
sustainable ecotourism since previous research and experience would be
highlighted and explored in depth. To some extent, it could be predicted that
some gaps between theory
and practice of ecotourism would be improved by promoting its sustainability based on
communities, resources and economics. As a whole, establishment of benchmark
for assessing sustainable ecotourism would be explored as a broader
conservation strategy and offers suggestions for further improving the
potential of ecotourism.